IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Southdown Road, READING, RG4 8RN

A nice bit of municipal planting here at the end of Rotherfield Way. I'm not sure about the pink bus though. Pink just isn't a public transport sort of colour is it....

The pub was built to replace an older one with the same name, which we believe was located next door and is now a house.

Surley Row is an old lane which became surrounded by later housing developments. The southern half was made a conservation area in 1988 to preserve its distinctive character and buildings (see Reading Borough Council appraisal http://www.reading.gov.uk/documents%5Cservingyou%5Cplanning%5CConservation_Areas/19602/Surley-Row-Conservation-Area-Appraisal-0910.pdf ). This narrow section of the road is closed to through traffic, by a set of bollards at the top of the hill. The white building is Springfield House, an imposing villa dating from the early 19th century (see http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=39204 ). For part of the 20th century it was the Convent of Springfield St Luke, an old people's home. More recently, it was converted into flats.

Viewed across Rotherfield Way, which for most of the cottage's life was just a footpath. The road was extended from Caversham to Emmer Green around the late 1960s, forming a crossroads with Surley Row which heads uphill to the right. Surley Row is a conservation area - see Reading Borough Council appraisal http://www.reading.gov.uk/documents%5Cservingyou%5Cplanning%5CConservation_Areas/19602/Surley-Row-Conservation-Area-Appraisal-0910.pdf ). Tudor Cottage is a timber framed building dating from the 16th century (http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=39195 ).

Built in the 1830s, the style is Tudor Gothic (more information at Images of England http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=39196 ). Surley Row is an old lane surrounded by later housing developments. The southern half was made a conservation area in 1988 to preserve its distinctive character and buildings (see Reading Borough Council appraisal http://www.reading.gov.uk/documents%5Cservingyou%5Cplanning%5CConservation_Areas/19602/Surley-Row-Conservation-Area-Appraisal-0910.pdf ).

A rare heavy snowfall has thoroughly blanketed the area.

Bellingham Walk in Emmer Green in Caversham. This is the 'road' of Bellingham Walk for parking, with the 'walk' being where the front doors of the houses are.

The alleyway between the back gardens (left, with prefab concrete sheds) and road of Bellingham Walk (right, with prefab concrete garages).

The front of the care home. This is a purpose-built home http://www.bmcare.co.uk/find-a-home/st-lukes/ , although it is a successor to an earlier institution.

The entrance to 65 to 83 Grove Road in Reading, through an archway and up a set of stairs. The block of flats is next to a small row of shops.